1957 Gallery

RIVERA, Diego

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, detail of mural, 1947-1948. MEXICO. Mexico City. Diego Rivera Web Museum. Central detail. Fresco on portable pannels. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco. Proc: MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. Hotel Prado

© Mariani/Iberfoto/Mary Evans

1886, 1947, 1948, 1957, Afternoon, Alameda, America, American, Americans, Central, City, Color, Colour, Daylight, Daytime, Detail, Diego, District, Dream, Exterior, Federal, Fresco, Group, Hotel, Male, Man, Masculine, Mejico, Men, Mexican, Mexicans, Mexico, Mural, Museum, Outside, Painting, Pannels, Park, People, Person, Persons, Portable, Prado, Proc, Rivera, Scene, States, Sunday, Sunlight, United, Upright, Vertical, Web, Woman, Women

1957 nuclear test: Fall-out

Fallout: The sinister and prolonged after-effect of nuclear explosions: a drawing illustrating some characteristics of this haunting phenomenon.An illustration by special Illustrated London News artist G.H Davis, with the cooperation of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, showing the dangers of nuclear fall-out. Britain's first nuclear tests in May 1957 prompted fears about the long term effects of the explosions on human life. Possible dangers listed here include radio-active dust and particles in rain, and the contamination of fish stocks

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen

Photograph of three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen repairing the engine of an A Squadron, 15/19th King's Royal Hussars Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier, Malaya, 1957 (c).From a CD copy of 78 album photographs taken by L/Cpl R N Eason-Gibson, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, during his National Service in Malaya, 1955-1957, with ?A? Squadron 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars. Date: 1957

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library